Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford

Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford (12 August 1868-1 April 1933) was Viceroy and Governor-General of British India from 4 April 1916 to 2 April 1921, succeeding Charles Hardinge and preceding Rufus Isaacs.

Biography
Frederic Thesiger was the son of the famed British Army general and Anglo-Zulu War commander Lord Chelmsford, and he was called to the bar in 1893. In 1905, he became Baron Chelmsford after his father's death, and he served as Governor of Queensland, Australia from 1905 to 1908 and of New South Wales from 1909 to 1913. In 1916, he was appointed Viceroy of British India, having been sent there in 1914 as a regimental commander at the start of World War I. His term as Viceroy saw consistent calls for Indian self-government, and while he did give greater authority to local representative bodies, he also passed stronger anti-terrorism laws. These laws led to the 1919 Amritsar massacre, and he was forced to discipline Reginald Dyer for his role in the massacre. The outbreak of another war with Afghanistan, the start of Mahatma Gandhi's first campaign, and an Indian National Congress boycott of the 1920 elections led to Thesiger being recalled to Britain, being upgraded to Viscount on his return. In 1924, he briefly served as First Lord of the Admiralty in Ramsay Macdonald's Labor Party government, and he was persuaded to sit in the House of Lords as a Labor Party member, despite being a lifelong supporter of the Conservative Party. He died in London in 1933 at the age of 64.